You know, I was going to try to wax eloquent about this, but I think God will get the glory if I just tell you that the worship team and some other dear friends completely surprised me a couple weeks ago with a brand new guitar.

I love it because it replaces my road- and family-worn TS02 (that’s short for: this was the 2nd guitar made by Pastor Terry back in, uh… 1993-ish). The headstock had been broken and repaired so many times (thank you, again, Terry!) that it was having a hard time getting & staying in tune while I played it.

I love it also because it’s the exact model I have been interested in for a number of years - a Taylor 314CE.  And the tricky little college, worship team and wifely people in my life made sure to buy the one I was so interested in.

But most of all, I love it because it represents undeserved love. Something like 40 people were involved in this, giving and planning and sneaking around so sacrificially just to bless me. I can’t believe it.

It reminds me of my trip to Uganda a few years back, when I had the privilege of giving a guitar to a woman there named Doreen. She wrote to me afterward to tell me she had named her guitar “Such Love” because it reminded her so much of God’s love for her.

Well, now I’m on the receiving end of that.

So the next time I get to play an acoustic guitar in church, I’ll be doing it with a double dose of gratitude and awe.  Thank you, friends.  Your kindness still speaks to me today.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 at 12:56 pm and is filed under about chris, grace.